News

• 26 August 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Caritas launches "phase two" for rehabilitation after typhoon Yolanda Manila (Philippines) - Caritas of the Philippines, has started the second phase of its three-year rehabilitation program for the victims of Typhoon Yolanda. As reported by the Director of Caritas, Rolando Tirona, the s ...
• 26 August 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Mortar attacks on two churches in Damascus. The Maronite Archbishop: our life is like a game of Russian roulette Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 23 August, a rain of mortars fell on the neighbourhood including two shells on the roof of the Maronite church. This was reported by Maronite Archbishop Samir Nassar, in an appeal-sta ...
• 26 August 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Towards the signing of the peace agreement to end the conflict described by the UN as "a threat to the peace of the entire region" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "A power struggle of an elite that has become a civil war and a threat to peace and security in the region". This is how the report of the Panel of UN Experts on South Sudan, published on August 21 ...
• 25 August 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi case: her father will be able to visit her in prison Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Soran Masih, Asia Bibi's father, will be able to visit her in prison: yesterday, August 24, the Lahore High Court in fact accepted the request made by the man, who asked for permission to see his ...
• 25 August 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Benedict Daswa an example for all young Catholics in our region" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Benedict Daswa was a committed lay Catholic and the loving husband and father of a large family; a dedicated teacher and volunteer catechist, an active and charitable member of the communi ...
• 25 August 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - "No more violence": anniversary of anti-Christian massacres in Orissa Cuttack (Agenzia Fides) - Prayers and events under the slogan "No more violence": is how the Christian community in India lives the seventh anniversary of the massacres against Christians in the district of Kandhamal, in ...
• 25 August 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - In Bujumbura, one lives in fear: every night murders and disappearances of suspected opponents Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "Every night there are killings and disappearances. People live in fear", local sources from the capital Bujumbura in Burundi told Agenzia Fides, where a serious political and institutional c ...
• 25 August 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Syriac Catholic Bishop Flavianus Michael Melki, martyr of the "Assyrian Genocide" will be beatified next Saturday Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Syriac Catholic Bishop Flavianus Michael Melki, martyred during the "Assyrian Genocide", will be beatified on the evening of Saturday, August 29, during a solemn liturgy to be held at the Patriar ...
• 24 August 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religions committed to finding unity and justice Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Changing attitudes is a key factor for effective dialogue. Everyone is called to contribute to peace and unity": said Hafiz Nehmood Ashrafi, president of the Pakistan Ulema Council, speaking at ...
• 24 August 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - A Christian Forum urges the Government of Orissa to protect Christians Sambalpur (Agenzia Fides) - To protect Christians and ensure their rights under the Constitution is what the Christian Forum Sambalpur, district of the Indian state of Orissa, call for in a Memorandum sent to the Governo ...
• 24 August 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - A committee against abuse and violence against Christians has been set up Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – A committee of the security forces has been set up with the aim to collect information and provide practical measures regarding the violence and abuse suffered by Christians in Iraq and in par ...
• 24 August 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops' appeal to young Africans: "Stay in Africa to build a better continent" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Do not allow false trappings of wealth lure you to move out of your Countries in search of non-existent jobs in Europe and America". This is the appeal launched by Mgr. Nicolas Djomo of Tshumb ...
• 24 August 2015
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Caritas builds four schools for 4,800 South Sudanese refugees Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 4,800 South Sudanese refugee children in Ethiopia will be able to receive education in 4 schools, inaugurated recently in Kule and Terkendi camps, in the Gambella region, about 800 ...
• 21 August 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - The Daughters of Mary Help of Christians open a new convent in the state of Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The Salesian Sisters, Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) have opened a house in the Indian state of Orissa, in Kandhamal district, which is located in the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhub ...
• 21 August 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Mass of thanksgiving for the two holy Palestinians Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – His Beatitude Fouad Twal, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem will preside a Mass of thanksgiving for the canonization of the two Palestinian saints, Saint Mariam Baouardy and Saint Marie Alfonsine ...